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10. Niclas Wallin

Carolina Hurricanes

In the NHL, it’s impossible for the penalized team to score on a delayed penalty because as soon as they touch the puck, play is whistled dead. For every strategy, however, there is an exception. In this case, the exception is Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Niclas Wallin.

As the Hurricanes awaited a power play, goaltender Cam Ward was pulled to get an extra attacker on the ice. Wallin received the puck in the opposing zone, but was under duress and passed it back to his yawning cage, not realizing that Ward had left for the bench.